KKR bets on Jio Platforms’ consumer, enterprise play

Private equity firm KKR said it decided to bet on Jio Platform because of it is a unique combination of a profitable, market-leading telco business with a number of high-growth digital B2C- and B2B businesses built on top. KKR’s India CEO -Sanjay Nayar and Head of Technology Asia – Lucian Schönefelder spoke to Devina Sengupta & Arijit Barman on their investment thesis. Edited excerpts.

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